Donna Riopelle was born in Southern California and grew up in Huntington Beach. She attended Mater Dei High School where she was Valedictorian of her class in 1976. She continued her education at Cal State University, Long Beach, obtaining a Bachelor’s in Nursing with Honors in 1984, then to UCLA earning a Master of Science in Nursing and Board Certification as a Nurse Practitioner in 1987. She has worked with multiple physicians and specialties over her twenty-five years’ of clinical experience. More recently in 2013, she completed a Master of Science in Advanced Joint Pain Relief and Nutritional Medicine from the University of South Florida Medical School, obtaining Board Certification in Anti-Aging and Advanced Joint Pain Relief.